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BILLING CODE 4000–01–M
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education;
Overview Information; Fund for the
Improvement of Postsecondary
Education—Comprehensive Program;
Notice Inviting Applications for New
Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.116B
Dates: Applications Available: June 8,
2006.
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply:
June 20, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: July 10, 2006.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: September 6, 2006.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of
higher education (IHEs) or combinations
of those institutions and other public
and private nonprofit institutions and
agencies.
Estimated Available Funds:
$11,250,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $50,000–
$275,000 per year.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$195,000 per year.
Estimated Number of Awards: 50–60.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
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Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The
Comprehensive Program supports grants
and cooperative agreements to improve
postsecondary education opportunities.
It encourages reforms, innovations, and
improvements of postsecondary
education that respond to problems of
national significance and provide access
to quality education for all.
Under this competition we are
particularly interested in applications
that address the following priorities.
Invitational Priorities: For FY 2006
these priorities are invitational
priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we
do not give an application that meets
these invitational priorities a
competitive or absolute preference over
other applications.
These priorities are:
Invitational Priority 1: Projects
developing innovative instructional and
administrative efficiencies to broaden
access to high quality and affordable
higher education.
Invitational Priority 2: Projects
aligning curriculum on a state or multi-
state level between high schools and
colleges, and between two-year and
four-year postsecondary programs, to
ensure continuing academic progress
and transferability of credits.
Invitational Priority 3: Projects
increasing the number and improving
the pre-service preparation and
professional development of science
and mathematics teachers through
career change programs and/or
programs that combine a bachelor’s
degree in science or math with a
bachelor’s degree in education and/or
teacher certification, especially
collaborative projects involving K–12
educators, college departments of
science and mathematics, private sector
partnerships, and teacher education
programs.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1138–
1138d.
Applicable Regulations: The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 82, 84,
85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86
apply to IHEs only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants
or cooperative agreements.
Estimated Available Funds:
$11,250,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $50,000–
$275,000 per year.
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Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$195,000 per year.
Estimated Number of Awards: 50–60.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs or
combinations of those institutions and
other public and private nonprofit
institutions and agencies.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: Although
this program does not require cost
sharing or matching for eligibility, it is
expected that applicants will provide an
institutional financial commitment to
the project.
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: You may obtain an application
package via the Internet by downloading
the package from the program Web site
at: http://www.ed.gov/FIPSE.
If you are unable to access the
Internet, you may obtain a copy of the
application package at the following
address: Levenia Ishmell, Fund for the
Improvement of Postsecondary
Education, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room
6147, Washington, DC 20006–8544.
Telephone: (202) 502–7668.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain a copy of the application package
in an alternative format (e.g., Braille,
large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) by contacting the program
contact person listed in this section.
2. Content and Form of Application
Submission: Requirements concerning
the content of an application, together
with the forms you must submit, are in
the application package for this
program.
Notice of Intent to Apply: In order to
allow for the timely selection of
appropriate external reviewers in this
competition, applicants are asked to
submit a brief statement of intent to
apply by June 20, 2006. This statement
should include (1) the name, mailing
address, telephone number, and e-mail
address of the proposed project director,
(2) the name of the applicant institution,
and (3) no more than one paragraph on
the topic and/or invitational priority
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you intend to address. Please e-mail this
statement to: FIPSE@ed.gov. There will
be no penalty for applications submitted
without this statement.
Page Limit: The application narrative
is where you, the applicant, address the
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selection criteria that reviewers use to
evaluate the application. You must limit
your narrative to the equivalent of no
more than 20 pages, using the following
standards:
• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5″ x 11″, on one side
only, with 1″ margins at the top, bottom,
and both sides.
• Double space (no more than three
lines per vertical inch) all text in the
application narrative, including titles,
headings, footnotes, quotations,
references, and captions, as well as all
text in charts, tables, figures, and
graphs.
• Choose one of these four fonts
only—Times New Roman, Courier,
Courier New, or Arial—and use a font
that is either 12 point or larger.
The page limit does not apply to the
title page; the one-page abstract; the
budget section, including the narrative
budget justification; the assurances and
certifications; or the appendix, which
may include only a project evaluation
chart, qualifications of key personnel,
the response to section 427 of the
Department of Education’s General
Education Provisions Act (GEPA), short
descriptions of projects that will
complement the proposed project, and
letters of support.
We will reject your application if—
• You apply these standards and
exceed the page limit; or
• You apply other standards and
exceed the equivalent of the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: June 8, 2006.
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply:
June 20, 2006. Deadline for Transmittal
of Applications: July 10, 2006.
Applications for grants under this
program must be submitted
electronically using the Electronic Grant
Application System (e-Application)
available through the Department of
Education’s e-Grants System. For
information (including dates and times)
about how to submit your application
electronically or by mail or by hand
delivery if you qualify for an exception
to the electronic submission
requirement, please refer to section IV.
6 Other Submission Requirements in
this notice.
We do not consider an application
that does not comply with the deadline
requirements. Deadline for
Intergovernmental Review: September 6,
2006.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This
program is subject to Executive Order
12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR
part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs under Executive Order 12372
is in the application package for this
program.
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5. Funding Restrictions: We reference
regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under this
program must be submitted
electronically unless you qualify for an
exception to this requirement in
accordance with the instructions in this
section.
a. Electronic Submission of
Applications.
Applications for grants under the
Comprehensive Program—CFDA
Number 84.116B must be submitted
electronically using e-Application
available through the Department’s e-
Grants system, accessible through the e-
Grants portal page at: http://e-
grants.ed.gov.
We will reject your application if you
submit it in paper format unless, as
described elsewhere in this section, you
qualify for one of the exceptions to the
electronic submission requirement and
submit, no later than two weeks before
the application deadline date, a written
statement to the Department that you
qualify for one of these exceptions.
Further information regarding
calculation of the date that is two weeks
before the application deadline date is
provided later in this section under
Exception to Electronic Submission
Requirement.
While completing your electronic
application, you will be entering data
online that will be saved into a
database. You may not e-mail an
electronic copy of a grant application to
us.
Please note the following:
• You must complete the electronic
submission of your grant application by
4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. The e-
Application system will not accept an
application for this program after 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. Therefore, we
strongly recommend that you do not
wait until the application deadline date
to begin the application process.
• The regular hours of operation of
the e-Grants Web site are 6:00 a.m.
Monday until 7 p.m. Wednesday; and 6
a.m. Thursday until midnight Saturday,
Washington, DC time. Please note that
the system is unavailable on Sundays,
and between 7 p.m. on Wednesdays and
6 a.m. on Thursdays, Washington, DC
time, for maintenance. Any
modifications to these hours are posted
on the e-Grants Web site.
• You will not receive additional
point value because you submit your
application in electronic format, nor
will we penalize you if you qualify for
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an exception to the electronic
submission requirement, as described
elsewhere in this section, and submit
your application in paper format.
• You must submit all documents
electronically, including the
Application for the Comprehensive
Program (ED 40–514), Budget
Information—Non-Construction
Programs (ED 524), and all necessary
assurances and certifications. You must
attach any narrative sections of your
application as files in a .DOC
(document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF
(Portable Document) format. If you
upload a file type other than the three
file types specified above or submit a
password protected file, we will not
review that material.
• Your electronic application must
comply with any page limit
requirements described in this notice.
• Prior to submitting your electronic
application, you may wish to print a
copy of it for your records.
• After you electronically submit
your application, you will receive an
automatic acknowledgment that will
include a PR/Award number (an
identifying number unique to your
application).
• Within three working days after
submitting your electronic application,
fax a signed copy of the Comprehensive
Program Title Page (Form No. ED 40–
514) to the Application Control Center
after following these steps:
(1) Print the Comprehensive Program
Title Page (ED 40–514) from e-
Application.
(2) The applicant’s Authorizing
Representative must sign this form (ED
40–514).
(3) Place the PR/Award number in the
upper right hand corner (Item 1) of the
hard-copy signature page of the ED 40–
514.
(4) Fax the signed ED 40–514 to the
Application Control Center at (202)
245–6272.
• We may request that you provide us
original signatures on other forms at a
later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension
in Case of e-Application System
Unavailability: If you are prevented
from electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline
date because the e-Application system is
unavailable, we will grant you an
extension of one business day to enable
you to transmit your application
electronically, by mail, or by hand
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delivery. We will grant this extension
if—
(1) You are a registered user of e-
Application and you have initiated an
electronic application for this
competition; and
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(2) (a) The e-Application system is
unavailable for 60 minutes or more
between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date; or
(b) The e-Application system is
unavailable for any period of time
between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date.
We must acknowledge and confirm
these periods of unavailability before
granting you an extension. To request
this extension or to confirm our
acknowledgment of any system
unavailability, you may contact either
(1) the person listed elsewhere in this
notice under For Further Information
Contact (see section VII. Agency
Contact) or (2) the e-Grants help desk at
1–888–336–8930. If the system is down
and therefore the application deadline is
extended, an e-mail will be sent to all
registered users who have initiated an e-
Application. Extensions referred to in
this section apply only to the
unavailability of the Department’s e-
Application system.
Exception to Electronic Submission
Requirement: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission
requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are
unable to submit an application through
the e-Application system because—
• You do not have access to the
Internet; or
• You do not have the capacity to
upload large documents to the
Department’s e-Application system; and
• No later than two weeks before the
application deadline date (14 calendar
days or, if the fourteenth calendar day
before the application deadline date
falls on a Federal holiday, the next
business day following the Federal
holiday), you mail or fax a written
statement to the Department, explaining
which of the two grounds for an
exception prevent you from using the
Internet to submit your application. If
you mail your written statement to the
Department, it must be postmarked no
later than two weeks before the
application deadline date. If you fax
your written statement to the
Department, we must receive the faxed
statement no later than two weeks
before the application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your
statement to: Cassandra Courtney, FIPSE
Comprehensive Program Coordinator,
U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K
Street, NW., Room 6166, Washington,
DC 20006–8544. FAX: (202) 502–7877.
Your paper application must be
submitted in accordance with the mail
or hand delivery instructions described
in this notice.
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b. Submission of Paper Applications
by Mail.
If you qualify for an exception to the
electronic submission requirement, you
may mail (through the U.S. Postal
Service or a commercial carrier) your
application to the Department. You
must mail the original and two copies
of your application, on or before the
application deadline date, to the
Department at the applicable following
address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal Service:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center,
Attention: (CFDA Number 84.116B),
400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20202–4260
or
By mail through a commercial carrier:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center—Stop
4260, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.116B), 7100 Old Landover Road,
Landover, MD 20785–1506
Regardless of which address you use,
you must show proof of mailing
consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service
postmark,
(2) A legible mail receipt with the
date of mailing stamped by the U.S.
Postal Service,
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or
receipt from a commercial carrier, or
(4) Any other proof of mailing
acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S.
Department of Education.
If you mail your application through
the U.S. Postal Service, we do not
accept either of the following as proof
of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark, or
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by
the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after
the application deadline date, we will
not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not
uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before
relying on this method, you should check
with your local post office.
c. Submission of Paper Applications
by Hand Delivery.
If you qualify for an exception to the
electronic submission requirement, you
(or a courier service) may deliver your
paper application to the Department by
hand. You must deliver the original and
two copies of your application, by hand,
on or before the application deadline
date, to the Department at the following
address: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.116B), 550 12th
Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center
Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260.
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The Application Control Center
accepts hand deliveries daily between 8
a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC
time, except Saturdays, Sundays, and
Federal holidays.
Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of
Paper Applications: If you mail or hand
deliver your application to the
Department:
(1) You must indicate on the envelope
and—if not provided by the
Department—on the Comprehensive
Program Title Page the CFDA number
and suffix letter (84.116B) of the
competition under which you are
submitting your application.
(2) The Application Control Center
will mail a grant application receipt
acknowledgment to you. If you do not
receive the grant application receipt
acknowledgment within 15 business
days from the application deadline date,
you should call the U.S. Department of
Education Application Control Center at
(202) 245–6288.
V. Application Review Information
Selection Criteria: The selection
criteria for this program are from 34 CFR
75.210 and are as follows:
(a) Need for project. The Secretary
considers the need for the proposed
project. In determining the need for the
proposed project, the Secretary
considers each of the following factors:
(1) The magnitude or severity of the
problem to be addressed by the
proposed project.
(2) The magnitude of the need for the
services to be provided or the activities
to be carried out by the proposed
project.
(b) Significance. The Secretary
considers the significance of the
proposed project. In determining the
significance of the proposed project, the
Secretary considers each of the
following factors:
(1) The potential contribution of the
proposed project to increased
knowledge or understanding of
educational problems, issues, or
effective strategies.
(2) The extent to which the proposed
project involves the development or
demonstration of promising new
strategies that build on, or are
alternatives to, existing strategies.
(3) The importance or magnitude of
the results or outcomes likely to be
attained by the proposed project,
especially improvements in teaching
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and student achievement.
(4) The potential replicability of the
proposed project or strategies,
including, as appropriate, the potential
for implementation in a variety of
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(c) Quality of the project design. The
Secretary considers the quality of the
design of the proposed project. In
determining the quality of the design of
the proposed project, the Secretary
considers each of the following factors:
(1) The extent to which the design of
the proposed project is appropriate to,
and will successfully address, the needs
of the target population or other
identified needs.
(2) The extent to which the goals,
objectives, and outcomes to be achieved
by the proposed project are clearly
specified and measurable.
(3) The extent to which the design for
implementing and evaluating the
proposed project will result in
information to guide possible
replication of project activities or
strategies, including information about
the effectiveness of the approach or
strategies employed by the project.
(4) The extent to which the proposed
project is designed to build capacity and
yield results that will extend beyond the
period of Federal financial assistance.
(d) Quality of the project evaluation.
The Secretary considers the quality of
the evaluation to be conducted of the
proposed project. In determining the
quality of the evaluation, the Secretary
considers each of the following factors:
(1) The extent to which the evaluation
will provide guidance about effective
strategies suitable for replication or
testing in other settings.
(2) The extent to which the methods
of evaluation are thorough, feasible, and
appropriate to the goals, objectives, and
outcomes of the proposed project.
(3) The extent to which the methods
of evaluation include the use of
objective performance measures that are
clearly related to the intended outcomes
of the project and will produce
quantitative and qualitative data to the
extent possible.
(e) Adequacy of resources. The
Secretary considers the adequacy of
resources for the proposed project. In
determining the adequacy of resources
for the proposed project, the Secretary
considers each of the following factors:
(1) The extent to which the costs are
reasonable in relation to the objectives,
design, and potential significance of the
proposed project.
(2) The relevance and demonstrated
commitment of each partner in the
proposed project to the implementation
and success of the project.
(3) The potential for continued
support of the project after Federal
funding ends, including, as appropriate,
the demonstrated commitment of
appropriate entities to such support.
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VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application
is successful, we notify your U.S.
Representative and U.S. Senators and
send you a Grant Award Notification
(GAN). We may also notify you
informally.
If your application is not evaluated or
not selected for funding, we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy
Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy
requirements in the application package
and reference these and other
requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining
the terms and conditions of an award in
the Applicable Regulations section of
this notice and include these and other
specific conditions in the GAN. The
GAN also incorporates your approved
application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your
project period, you must submit a final
performance report, including financial
information, as directed by the
Secretary. If you receive a multi-year
award, you must submit an annual
performance report that provides the
most current performance and financial
expenditure information as specified by
the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118.
4. Performance Measures: The success
of FIPSE’s Comprehensive Program
depends upon (1) the percentage of
projects that are adopted in full or in
part, or whose materials are used by
other institutions and (2) the percentage
of projects with a high likelihood of
sustainability beyond Federal funding,
based on the project officer’s
determination. These two results
constitute FIPSE’s indicators of the
success of the program.
If funded, you will be asked to collect
and report data in your project’s annual
performance report (EDGAR, 34 CFR
75.590) on steps taken toward these
goals. Consequently, applicants to
FIPSE’s Comprehensive Program are
advised to include these two indicators
in conceptualizing the design,
implementation and evaluation of the
proposed project. Consideration of
FIPSE’s two performance indicators is
an important part of many of the review
criteria. Thus, it is important to the
success of your application that you
include these indicators. Their measure
should be a part of the project
evaluation plan, along with measures of
goals and objectives specific to your
project.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact:
Cassandra Courtney, Fund for the
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Improvement of Postsecondary
Education, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room
6166, Washington, DC 20006–8544.
Telephone: (202) 502–7506 or by e-mail:
Cassandra.Courtney@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain this document in an alternative
format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the program contact person
listed in this section.
VIII. Other Information
Electronic Access to This Document:
You may view this document, as well as
all other documents of this Department
published in the Federal Register, in
text or Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF) on the Internet at the
following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/
fedregister
To use PDF you must have Adobe
Acrobat Reader, which is available free
at this site. If you have questions about
using PDF, call the U.S. Government
Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–
888–293–6498; or in the Washington,
DC, area at (202) 512–1530.
Note: The official version of this document
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Dated: June 5, 2006.
James F. Manning,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services; Overview
Information; Technical Assistance and
Dissemination To Improve Services
and Results for Children With
Disabilities; Personnel Development
To Improve Services and Results for
Children With Disabilities; and
Technology and Media Services for
Individuals With Disabilities—
Postsecondary Education Programs
for Individuals Who Are Deaf; Notice
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Inviting Applications for New Awards
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.326D
Dates: Applications Available: June 8,
2006.
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Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: July 24, 2006.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: September 21, 2006.
Eligible Applicants: State educational
agencies (SEAs), local educational
agencies (LEAs), public charter schools
that are LEAs under State law,
institutions of higher education (IHEs),
other public agencies, private nonprofit
organizations, outlying areas, freely
associated States, Indian tribes or tribal
organizations, and for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Available Funds:
$4,000,000. Included in this amount is
$1,300,000 to be provided from the
Technical Assistance and Dissemination
to Improve Services and Results for
Children with Disabilities program;
$1,700,000 from the Personnel
Development to Improve Services and
results for Children with Disabilities
program; and $1,000,000 from the
Technology and Media Services for
Individuals with Disabilities program.
Maximum Award: We will reject any
application that proposes a budget that
does not equal $1,000,000 for a single
budget period of 12 months.
Note: In each budget period of 12 months
$325,000 must be budgeted for the technical
assistance and dissemination activities
described under Technical Assistance and
Dissemination Activities (Consistent with
section 663(c)(8)(C) of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act, as amended
(IDEA)); $425,000 must be budgeted for the
personnel development activities described
under Personnel Development Activities
(Consistent with section 662(c)(2) of IDEA);
and $250,000 must be budgeted for the
technology use activities described under
Technology Use Activities (Consistent with
section 674(b) of IDEA). The Assistant
Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services may change these
amounts through a notice published in the
Federal Register.
Estimated Number of Awards: 4.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The Technical
Assistance and Dissemination to
Improve Services and Results for
Children with Disabilities program
promotes academic achievement and
improves results for children with
disabilities by supporting technical
assistance, model demonstration
projects, dissemination of useful
information, and implementation
activities that are supported by
scientifically-based research. The
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Personnel Development to Improve
Services and Results for Children with
Disabilities program:
(1) Helps address State-identified
needs for highly qualified personnel—in
special education, related services, early
intervention, and regular education—to
work with children with disabilities and
(2) ensures that those personnel have
the skills and knowledge—derived from
practices that have been determined
through research and experience to be
successful—that are needed to serve
those children. The Technology and
Media Services for Individuals with
Disabilities program (1) improves results
for children with disabilities by
promoting the development,
demonstration, and use of technology,
(2) supports educational media services
activities designed to be of educational
value in the classroom setting to
children with disabilities, and (3)
provides support for captioning and
video description that is appropriate for
use in the classroom setting.
Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR
75.105(b)(2)(v), this priority is from
allowable activities specified in the
statute (see sections 662(c)(2),
663(c)(8)(C), 674(b), and 681(d) of
IDEA).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2006 this
priority is an absolute priority. Under 34
CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only
applications that meet this priority.
This priority is:
Postsecondary Education Programs
for Individuals who are Deaf
Background
Section 682(d)(1)(B) of IDEA requires
the Secretary of Education to provide
not less than $4,000,000 of the funds
appropriated under Part D, subparts 2
and 3 of IDEA to address the
postsecondary, vocational, technical,
continuing, and adult education needs
of individuals with deafness. The
Secretary intends to meet this
requirement through funding new
awards under this competition in fiscal
year 2007 and by providing
continuation awards in fiscal years 2008
through 2011.
Priority
This priority provides support for four
regional centers that will help
secondary and postsecondary
institutions more effectively address the
postsecondary, vocational, technical,
continuing, and adult education needs
of individuals with deafness, including
those who are deaf with co-occurring
disabilities such as learning and
emotional disabilities.
With the objective of improving
results for students who are deaf, each
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